President Uchtdorf Recounts Childhood Refugee Ordeal

World leaders met Thursday in London with the United Nations Refugee Agency to find solutions to the growing refugee crisis in Europe. Their goal is to create long-term work and education opportunities for the millions now in refugee camps.

Mormons in many countries are also finding ways to help victims of the crisis by participating in service projects and giving donations.

It’s similar to his own experience as a child in war-torn Germany after WWII and again at the beginning of the Cold War when Russia began blockading the border of East Germany from West Germany, eventually closing it.

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